Saturday dawned bright and clear with a cool breeze, the scene was one that would be the making of picture postcards, as citizens gathered to Remember Effingham History.
If you missed it, I am sorry for you.

The Effingham Convention and Visitors Bureau and a group of citizens are working to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Confederate Camp Davis, which was located where Woodlawn Plantation near Guyton. The commemoration will be held on May 12.

When you have lived as long as I have you have to know that, yes, there is the good stuff - sometimes really good stuff - but then again there is always the stuff lurking around the next corner that doesn't know what good even looks like.

This past weekend Bill and I had the privilege to be a part of an old friend of ours saying goodbye to his mother. This friend of ours, Robert Williams, and his family lived in Springfield for years but moved away a number of years ago.

Lest we forget. Did you remember the significance of Dec. 7? Or do you know, if you are too young to remember?
December 7, 1941 was a day of infamy, as described by our then president, Franklin Roosevelt.